If a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and the frequency of homozygous recessive individuals is 0.49, what is the frequency of the recessive allele?

A) 0.51
B) 0.49
C) 0.7
D) 0.3
E) none of the above

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

A principle stating that allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of evolutionary influences.

Recessive Allele

Recessive allele refers to an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when it is paired with an identical allele (that is, in homozygous states).